Regulation of low-density lipoprotein receptor and 3-hydroxy-3- methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase expression by zingiber officinale in the liver of high-fat diet-fed rats

Basic and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 389-395

  Nammi, Srinivas ^a   Kim, Moon S ^a   Gavande, Navnath S ^a   Li, George Q ^a   Roufogalis, Basil D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHOLESTEROL; GINGER EXTRACT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; ROSIGLITAZONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LIPID DIET; LIPID LIVER LEVEL; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOME; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL; DIET; DIETARY FATS; ETHANOL; FATS; GINGER; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COA REDUCTASES; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; LIVER; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RECEPTORS, LDL; RNA, MESSENGER; TRIGLYCERIDES;

RATTUS; ZINGIBER OFFICINALE;

EID: 77951073882     PISSN: 17427835     EISSN: 17427843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-7843.2009.00497.x     Document Type: Article

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